I am revisiting this problem since I had the need/opportunity to actuall install a proxy server for a different project.
I now am semi competent in creating my own personal proxy server, and would like to know if someone out there has been able to redirect the url's generated in the as2map.swf to a proxy server? All help would be appreciated. Paul --- In [email protected], "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, you are right, the methodology I use would probably not work for > that. I came in late on this thread. I went back and reviews the > earlier posts, and that is a tough one. Yahoo does have crossdomain > files on the servers for the main map functionality, maybe they just > missed this. > > > > There is a mailing list devoted to the Yahoo services, perhaps the will > be able to help there. I have seen the Yahoo developers responding. > > > > OTHO, perhaps a "real" proxy would work. > > > > Tracy > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of aceoohay > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 10:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Yahoo Maps AS3 integration problem > > > > Tracy: > > The flex code that generates the map is; > > <yahoo:YahooMapService id="myAS2Map" > UUID="{parentApplication.intMapIdentifier}" swfDomId="{SWFDOMID}" > apiId="{YAHOOAPIKEY}" mapURL="{MAPSWF}" width="600" height="400" > scaleContent="false" /> > > and associated methods that are called. The Yahoo urls are buried in > the Yahoo code. How do I force these client side calls to use the > proxyserver? > > Paul > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com> > , "Tracy Spratt" <tspratt@> wrote: > > > > Since I almost always have some business logic to perform on the > server > > for any data service call, if only to log it, I just make all calls > > through an asp.net back-end (I use vb.net also) It is not a true > > "proxy", I don't attempt to redirect urls, but rather use > HTTPService to > > post name=value pairs from Flex to the server. On of the pairs is > > "action=whatever" which tells the back end how to handle the > request, > > through a Select Case. > > > > > > > > I then make my WebService or XMLHTTP call or do my business logic, > then > > wrap the result in an xml root node (with status/error info) and > return > > it to the Flex client. > > > > > > > > Visual Studio's Web Service proxy generation and debugging make > > consuming webservices very easy, and I don't ever have any > crossdomain > > issues. > > > > > > > > Tracy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com> > > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com> > ] On > > Behalf Of aceoohay > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 6:37 PM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Yahoo Maps AS3 integration problem > > > > > > > > Bill: > > > > Thank for the post. > > > > I shouldn't have been so flippant in the earlier post. Obviously > > what I need is more concrete exampleas of how to do this. My > > language of choice is ASP.NET, preferably VB. > > > > Are there any examples of how to setup a proxy server? > > > > If the proxy server approach is so easy to accomplish why doesn't > > yahoo allow full access via crossdomain.xml? > > > > This application is an intranet app for about 40 users. > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:flexcoders% > 40yahoogroups.com> > > , "bill_reddy" <bill_reddy@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "aceoohay" <pauls@> wrote: > > > > > > > > The answer to life, the universe and everything is 42. > > > > > > > > Would you be so kind as to share a bit more information with > the > > > > unwashed masses? > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Alex Harui" <aharui@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > The workaround is a proxy server. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > Paul,here's a simple proxy script example in php: > > > > > > <?php > > > > > > if(isset($_GET['file'])) { > > > // Use preg_match to do simple validation on the url, > > > // session, etc... Optional of course. > > > if(preg_match("INSERT PATTERN HERE", $_GET['file'])) { > > > readfile($_GET['file']); > > > } > > > } > > > ?> > > > > > > > > > In flex, the url to the yahoo image would then be something like: > > > http://localhost/some_proxy_script.php? > <http://localhost/some_proxy_script.php?> > > <http://localhost/some_proxy_script.php? > <http://localhost/some_proxy_script.php?> > > > > file=http://www.yahoo.com/somefile.jpg > <http://www.yahoo.com/somefile.jpg> > > <http://www.yahoo.com/somefile.jpg <http://www.yahoo.com/somefile.jpg> > > > > > > > > > > > Credit goes to Doug McCune. > > > > > >
